From the Department of Things That Will Tick A Bunch Of People Off: Metro Police to Conduct Racial Profiling Study. [WFPL]

You can’t even go to Walmart these days without finding a body in the parking lot. [FOX41]

This Bluegrass Mental Health thing is going to be a disaster. Maybe another airport or KLC funtimes? The board members we’ve spoken with are ready to pop a vein. [John Cheves]

Everybody is completely freaking out about Churchill Downs and its new plans for the Kentucky Derby. [WAVE3]

Kentucky is one of the nation’s fattest states, with nearly a third of children, 60 percent of women and 80 percent of men considered overweight or obese. [Courier-Journal]

Just days after a deadly day care van accident, the owner of Heavenly Angels has decided to close the facilities. [WHAS11]

A 47-year-old Nicholasville man has been charged with 50 counts of rape in Hardin County involving a juvenile who gave birth to his baby when she was 13, according to state police. [H-L]

Residents in the Park Hill area said lead, arsenic and other dangerous chemicals are seeping into the soil outside their homes. On Thursday, dozens of homeowners demanded more answers from those investigating the toxic hazard at a public meeting held on the topic. [WLKY]

We’re really supposed to believe this “most livable city in America” thing, right? Our eyes can’t roll any harder. [Business First]

Something tells us Shelbyville is about to have a really fancy and expensive legal battle on its hands over sidewalks. And it involves Jack Conway. Note: He has time to waste on sidewalks but not on Kentucky Retirement Systems. [WAVE3]

Because we all know there’s nothing at all shady going on at Kentucky Retirement Systems. Absolutely nothing at all. [Page One]

As part of its effort to make do with a tighter budget, the state is ending a $54,000-per-year program that recruits parents who have been through the child welfare system to mentor others facing similar circumstances and help reunite Jefferson County families. [C-J/AKN]

Clark County’s Board of Aviation Commissioners attorney was apparently fired and a lawsuit was filed against him following a disputed land acquisition that will cost the county more than $840,000. [News & Tribune]